Mizo language
The Mizo language is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken mainly in the Indian state of Mizoram, where it is the official language and lingua franca. It is the mother tongue of the Mizo people and some members of the Mizo diaspora. Other than Mizoram, it is also spoken in Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, and Assam states of India, Sagaing Region and Chin State in Myanmar, and Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. It is mainly based on the Lusei dialect but it has also derived many words from its surrounding Mizo clans.
| Mizo | |
|---|---|
| Mizo ṭawng or Duhlián ṭawng | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Northeast India; Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh; Chin State, and Sagaing Region of Myanmar |
| Ethnicity | Mizo |
Native speakers | 1,000,000+ (2011–2022) |
| Latin (Mizo alphabet) Bengali-Assamese script | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | India Partially recognized states: Chinland (as Hualngo language) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | lus |
| ISO 639-3 | lus |
| Glottolog | lush1249 |
Regions where Mizo is educational, and official
Regions where Mizo is educational, but not official
Regions where Mizo is not official and not educational
Regions with significant Mizo speakers, and where Mizo is a working language | |
Mizo is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
The language is also known as Duhlian and Lushai, a colonial term, as the Duhlian people were the first among the Mizos to be encountered by the British in the course of their colonial expansion.
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